Senior Project Enablement Partner (fmd) – 10 months contract
Amsterdam - Netherlands
Job Summary
Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company founded in 1973. At a time when all life on earth is under threat of extinction we aim to use the resources we haveour business our investments our voice and our imaginationto influence changes needed to protect our planet. A registered B Corporation and founding member of 1% for the Planet Patagonia is recognised internationally for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism contributing over $145 million in grants and in-kind donations to thousands of grassroots environmental groups around the world.
Your role:
Were in business to save our home planet. The Project & Enablement Lead ensures effective and continuous development of modern Agile portfolio and project management practices across the EMEA organization. Through hands-on coordination training facilitation and operational oversight the role supports functions in delivering projects and initiatives in a more adaptive and value-oriented way. It plays a critical part in embedding scalable work practices improving decision-making structures and enabling effective change execution across teams and departments
Main tasks:
Portfolio Facilitation & Governance: Promote adoption maintain and improve the standards for setup and execution of cross-functional projects and programs and align with global Enablement direction. Support with portfolio management including the portfolio meetings. Prepare materials align stakeholders and maintain governance processes to support transparency prioritization and decision making across initiatives. Facilitate cross-functional and cross-regional alignment when required.
Project Enablement: Act as a Subject Matter Expert for project leads in delivery planning backlog grooming progress tracking capacity planning and facilitation. Help identify blockers manage dependencies and suggest improvements to ways of working to drive project success and manage risk.
Agile Practice Management: Maintain and evolve the Agile framework used within EMEA by refining practices and adapting to organizational needs. Support the Agile Training portfolio to drive adoption across all functions and support teams in applying Agile principles through coaching retrospectives onboarding and facilitation.
Tooling & Process Optimization: Maintain tooling environments (e.g. ClickUp Figma DevOps) and propose improvements while driving adoption. Ensure that process documentation templates and team workflows are clear up to date and usable.
Operational Planning & Budget Tracking: Track functional budget components related to Enablement tooling and activities (e.g. training tooling team costs) and contribute inputs to annual planning and capacity processes.
What were looking for:
An inclusive mindset
At least 5 years of relevant experience in project and portfolio management
Advanced understanding of agile methodologies incl. frameworks like scrum and kanban and tools such as Clickup DevOps and Confluence
Full understanding of project and portfolio management incl. tooling
Strong facilitation and coaching skills
Full understanding and experience with change management practices that encourages adoption of new practices
Full understanding of budget tracking
Full understanding of stakeholder engagement in matrixed and cross-functional governance structures;
Experience working with multiple stakeholders at different levels
Experience working in global organizations and understanding global and regional alignment will be a place
A love of the outdoors
An interest in saving our home planet and making a positive impact through your work
Other important details:
This is a Temporary full-time position based in Amsterdam intended to support the team untill 31 May 2027
We have a hybrid work model working from home for maximum 3 days per week
We strive to make unbiased decisions and to offer a great experience to every person who applies for a role at Patagonia. Our interviews include standardized questions that focus on the aspects that are important for success in the role.
To find out more about what we offer our employees click here: Patagonia we commit to becoming an anti-racist company that leads by example. This means doing the work to be inclusive and equitable across all aspects of our business.
Every person who applies to join Patagonia receives equal employment opportunities and we value a welcoming environment where each member of our EMEA team feels included respected and empowered regardless of their race colour religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation civil status national origin disability or age.
At Patagonia we strive to have inclusive representation within our organisation and embrace a diverse mix of talent to contribute to our culture. We actively seek applications from Black and People of Colour (BPOC) and other underrepresented groups.
As we are in business to save our home planet we can only do this together.
Please make sure that your CV and cover letter are in English.
Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:
Thanks for your interest in supporting us for this role but we dont accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Patagonia has scaled the peak of the outdoor apparel and accessories business. The company designs and markets rugged clothing and accessories to mountain climbers, skiers, surfers, and other extreme sports enthusiasts and environmentalists who are willing to pay for the Patagonia bra ... View more